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Measles alert for Brisbane, Mt Isa residents

The Queensland Department of Health has issued an alert for residents in Brisbane and Mount Isa that may have been exposed to measles.

Communicable Diseases executive director Dr Linda Selvey says a person holidaying in Asia returned to Brisbane with measles on January 2 and flew to Mount Isa the next day.

She says anyone who was at the Brisbane International Airport around 1:00 am on Wednesday January 2, in the CBD or at the domestic airport around 6:00am on Thursday January 3, should seek immediate medical help if they become sick.

The warning also goes out to anyone who flew to Mount Isa on the morning January 3.

Dr Selvey says measles is one of the most contagious of all communicable diseases and can be acquired in public places if infected people are coughing and sneezing nearby.